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11-20-2012 01:50 PM

vinniekq2

gearhead,Im not here to defend AP72,just curious what you think is the correct size carb for My1.3 litre 13b with a mild bridge port?

11-20-2012 01:07 PM

ap72

Quote:

Originally Posted by gearheadslife

man you could save hollley a ton of money.. look at all the parts they'd not have to stock or make.. warehouse if they could just cast a dominator and make it work for everything..
guess holley doesn't know either.. you should go pitch your thoughts to them.. at it save them a ton of dough..

That would actually lose holley a ton of money... And that's where professional carb shops come into play, fixing holley's short comings.

11-20-2012 11:44 AM

gearheadslife

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap72

The signal strength is more than adequate if you know what you're doing- again most people just don't know what they're doing.

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man you could save hollley a ton of money.. look at all the parts they'd not have to stock or make.. warehouse if they could just cast a dominator and make it work for everything..
guess holley doesn't know either.. you should go pitch your thoughts to them.. at it save them a ton of dough..

11-20-2012 11:36 AM

painted jester

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap72

The signal strength is more than adequate if you know what you're doing- again most people just don't know what they're doing.

As for Engine Masters- the carbs are restricted by the rules.

ap72: Your handeling this great LOL

Im going to set back and read this argument

11-20-2012 07:34 AM

ap72

Quote:

Originally Posted by gearheadslife

sorry signal strenth goes out the window.. if you want only peak hp..
then I'd guess it might be right..
some like having a powerplant that doesn't cough and fart untill 2500rpm+
and those pro's at engine masters the cost of a dominator is peanuts..

The signal strength is more than adequate if you know what you're doing- again most people just don't know what they're doing.

As for Engine Masters- the carbs are restricted by the rules.

11-20-2012 03:08 AM

gearheadslife

Quote:

Originally Posted by idontdrivericeieatit

Thats not silly its true you might not gain any horsepower from the bigger carb unless you needed more carb in the first place but tuned and built right you will not lose any either one reasons why they dont all have bigger carbs is cost have you prices one them big honkin dominator lately and whos going pay all that money if you not gaining a lot of hp not me

sorry signal strenth goes out the window.. if you want only peak hp..
then I'd guess it might be right..
some like having a powerplant that doesn't cough and fart untill 2500rpm+
and those pro's at engine masters the cost of a dominator is peanuts..

11-20-2012 12:49 AM

idontdrivericeieatit

Thats not silly its true you might not gain any horsepower from the bigger carb unless you needed more carb in the first place but tuned and built right you will not lose any either one reasons why they dont all have bigger carbs is cost have you prices one them big honkin dominator lately and whos going pay all that money if you not gaining a lot of hp not me

11-20-2012 12:21 AM

gearheadslife

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap72

properly built and tuned a bigger carb will NEVER cause a loss of power in the mid range or even off idle.

That old wives tale comes from people who can't build and tune carbs.

thats just silly.. if that had any truth to it, all the carb based engines at engine masters would have the biggest honk'n dominator on top..
they don't

11-20-2012 12:14 AM

gearheadslife

Quote:

Originally Posted by ap72

properly built and tuned a bigger carb will NEVER cause a loss of power in the mid range or even off idle.

That old wives tale comes from people who can't build and tune carbs.

thats just silly.. if that had any truth to it, all the carb based engines at engine masters would have the biggest honk'n dominator on top..
they don't

11-19-2012 08:03 PM

painted jester

Quote:

Originally Posted by F-BIRD'88

You need significant engine horsepower increases to see a gain in boat speed , on the water.
The tunnel ram works very well on boats and will make the most power on your motor.
But do not make the mistake of choking it with tiny carbs. Use two 650's or two 750's
on it. Two 750 edelbrocks would be cool.

A cross ram would fit under the hood!

Jester

11-19-2012 07:41 PM

Richiehd

As always, thanks for the input. I may step up to a 750. Tunnel ram is out, if you knew the type of skiff you would see why. Besides it wouldn't fit under the hood!!

11-19-2012 06:37 PM

ap72

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richiehd

OK< I got some interesting answers, kind of what I expected. My question was posted because I know a Holley 650 is advertised as flowing 650 cfm, we all agree on that. However, the HP, not the Street HP, should by theory flow more, because of modifications and polishing of the veturies. I wondered if anyone had actually seen any numbers. Im running 355, World Heads, solid lifter cam and wet exhaust on my 16 foot Jersey Skiff. We can turn 7000 no problem, and the mid range creates awesome acceleration. I was thinking of going to bigger carb but would hate to lose the midrange.

properly built and tuned a bigger carb will NEVER cause a loss of power in the mid range or even off idle.

That old wives tale comes from people who can't build and tune carbs.

11-19-2012 06:16 PM

painted jester

I agree

Jester

11-19-2012 06:04 PM

vinniekq2

you could use an out of the box 850

11-19-2012 05:49 PM

Richiehd

OK< I got some interesting answers, kind of what I expected. My question was posted because I know a Holley 650 is advertised as flowing 650 cfm, we all agree on that. However, the HP, not the Street HP, should by theory flow more, because of modifications and polishing of the veturies. I wondered if anyone had actually seen any numbers. Im running 355, World Heads, solid lifter cam and wet exhaust on my 16 foot Jersey Skiff. We can turn 7000 no problem, and the mid range creates awesome acceleration. I was thinking of going to bigger carb but would hate to lose the midrange.

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